‘Smallest boy’ in Vietnam dies at 11

Against all odds: Despite suffering from a debilitating genetic condition, K’Re managed to go to school. — Vietnam News/ANN

THE country’s smallest boy, Dinh Van K’Re, has died at the age of 11.

K’Re was taken to central Quang Ngai Hospital for Children and Women after he had a stroke at Son Ba Primary School’s canteen on Nov 5. He died four days later.